Daily News | The Philly DA’s Office will not appeal a recent ruling on police shootings to the U.S. Supreme Court
Philadelphia prosecutors said Wednesday that they do not plan to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a recent Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of the state’s use-of-force law for police — potentially clearing the way for former city officer Ryan Pownall to be tried for murder this fall.rejected a challenge
Prosecutors said they believed Pennsylvania’s law violates the state Constitution and the Fourth Amendment because it permits officers to shoot fleeing suspects even if there is no threat of imminent death or serious injury. Assistant District Attorney Clarke Beljean did not explain why the office had decided against appealing the ruling.
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